The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 7, 1896, Page 13

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1496. 13 Interesting Report of Important Up-to-Date News Items in Alameda County BURIED UNDER TONS OF Waat Charles Hurley Killed in| the Fall of a Cheap Building. WRECKED BY THE WIND. Strange Escape From Death of Six-Year-Old Edna Mat- | thiesen. ) WORKMEN SEVERELY INJURED. A Flimsy Structure That Collapsed in the Northeaster With Ter- rible Results. 0AxLAND OFrIcE 8AN FRANCISCO CA!.L,} 908 Broadway, Feb. 6. Under the ruins of a house blown down | by the blustering north wind of yesterday | plasterer. All these men are young and active, or rather they were active until the building toppled over, and they were cheering each other on in their work with gossip and sone, little thinking any vossi- ble danger could befall them, Charles Hurley, Who Was Killed by the Falling House. [Drawn from a photograph.] * McDonald, limping from & much-bruised limb, was around the ruins of the building later in the afternoon. The unpainted five-facade cupola, which .rescued and cdrried to the Receiving Hos- pital. where he now lies seriously injured. But, while all the men and boys work- ing about the building were bleeding, helpless or dead, there was one little cherub, Edna Matthiesen, a pretty six- year-old little girl, tucked .securely away at the foot of a brick wall ‘two feet high, forming the building’s foundation. Above her towered ten feet of lumber—enough to crush out a score of lives—but not a single pound of it weighed upon the child. When the building was blown over, Edna was amusicg herself playing with -the fresh mortar betwéen the bricks. She was sticking chips of wood in the soft sub- stance, and became frightened only when the loud crash came and she found herself imprisoned in a niche, where she was safe enough from all harm, but'which shut her away from the outside world. Then it was that she gave vent to her frightened voice, and it did not take long for her res- cuers to find her among the wood. Fortunately about the time of the catas- trophe Mrs: Mary Ann Cronin, living on Twenty-second ‘street, near the scene of the disaster, was hunting up her siray cow. 1in this pursuit she passed near the Williams building and observed two little girls—named Annie Kennedy, aged 5, and Lilly Jackson, aged 6—playing on the side- walk. Mrs. Cronin saw the building tot- tering, and anticipating 1its fall she screamed: “Lilly} Anniel Come here, quick!” The children, frightened at the way they were being addressed, ran as directed, and a few seconds later the place where they stood. was covered with tons of scantling. Mrs. Cronin had also observed little Edna Matthiesen, and she was able to direct the volunteer rescuing corps in their labors, and the child was brought The Williams Building After the Storm — Looking for the Pead and Injured. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] adead man and a baby girl lay. They were almost side by side, the silent corpse a victim of one man’s penury and an- other’s greed, and the loud-voiced. little one whose lusty lungs proclaimed -in shrieks her escape from serious injury. It was at the gore of >an Pablo avenue, Brush- and Twenty-second streets, where | R: J. and J. C. Williams, the grocers, were baving a $2500 building erected in which to transact their business, and from | which they expeeted goodly returns in rentals of the flats above. Halfa dozen workmen were engaged at the time in the building, either on the first or the second floor,and without a mo- ment’s warning the entire edifice toppled over, lifted by the wind, and smashed into kindling on San Pablo avenue. The only thing to be wondered at is that poor Charlie Hurley was the sole victim to give up his young life, while others, in what might reasonably be expected to be more risky positions, escaped with only a few seratches and bruises. Hurley, a lad not quite 22 years of age, went to work yesterday morning helping bis father, who was nailing laths on the lower floor of the bunilding. They were alone on that story and when 11 o’clock struck from a neighboring clock Charlie spoke over to his father, saying: “Dad, I wish it was dinner time; I'm as hungry as a wolf.” Before noontime the unfortunate boy’s body was occupying a slab in the morgue. In the second story of the building were Tom Morrow, W. J. McDonald, Andy Pierce and William 8. Judson, who-were laying the groundwork for the plastering, under directions ¢f Jack Kearns, the boss == ! THE BUILDING THAT [Drawn from the contractor’s plans.] 7 ’Elll_llllll(fflulll]ll[lll llhTMll loomed up so prettily when the sun peeped over Mount Diablo, lay battered and broken across the San Pablo avenue car {rack. As a matter of fact the cupola was the only thing in sight to relieve the monotony of the big pile of debris and give the observer any idea that there once was a building on the site covered with broken iumber. . “It was all so sudden,” stated McDon- ald. “I don’t know how to describe it. The wind was high, and while the build- ing- shook we nrever thought of danger. Suddenly we were lifted as if in a balloon, and the next thing was a crash. It was "to quick fo realize what was happening. I was- dazed, and I crawled out of a pile of lnmber on top of me. There were hun- dreds af people around by that time to give a helping hand, and some of them took me home. I'monly slightly broised.” McDonald’s experience was similar to that of his fellow-workmen., They all fell together within an area of twenty feet square, and none was hart to- any extent. But on the other floor it was very dii- ferent. Poor young Hurley was up on a ladder tacking the laths. His was a double fall, if such it might be called. He fell from the building and the ladder, too, and when his ‘comrades dug him out of the debris he lay unconscious with a sharp corner of one of the scantlings forming the ladder buried in his left temple. That is what killed him, although the other bruises abont him were sufficient to lay him up in bed for weeks, even-if théy did ‘not prove fatal. The boy’s father, stunned by the weight of debris breaking about and over him, lay unconscious for half an hour after being 'WAS ‘BLOWN DOWN. forth with no injury more serious than a self-inflicted bite of the tongue. Among the rescuing party™was D. H, Matthiesen, the father of the child, who had not the slightest idea'‘his baby was away from her toys at home. He grabbed his little one in his arms and began Kissing her, mingling his tears with hers, for the little one by thistime was more than ever frightened because she saw a little blood she had wiped from her tongue. 3 I won’t do it again, papa,” she sobbed. “Don’t take me to the doctor.” It appears that the little one three vears ago was severely scalded and she is but now getting -over the operation of skin- grafting, and she hates the entire medical fraternity. i Herbert E. Jones is the contractor for the building. He did not know of the accident until about 2 o’clock, when he hastened to the place to confer with his men. ““There were four men,” said ke, *‘work- ing under W. F. Judson in the building. Th were Messrs. McDonald, Pierce, Stuart and one we called Tom. The only one hurt was McDonald. The contract price of the structure was $2000, and it was being put up in a very substantia ‘manner. “The cause of the accident as far asI can see was the removal of braces by the lathers and the blowing over of the weak- ened building by the wind. They began work before the partitions were in and be- fore any of the permanent braces were in place. They were repeatedly cautioned, but persisted in removing any of the tem- porary braces that were in their way. Only yesterday I had Judson replace sev- eral that they took out, so as to strengthen the building. Then the front was not in- closed and this allowed the wind to blow in without obstruction, which added to the danger. - “I do not care about the loss of the house—it can be rebuilt—but I feel the death of that poor-boy. I am not willing to say who is to blame for the weakening of the building’ by the removal of the braces.” o e Grocer Williams did not have much to say of the wreck. He declared, however, that the much-discussed question df the bracing had been discussed with Contractor | Jones, and the grocer said he thought the braces were not strong enough. James Hurley, father ot the young man killed, lives at 1164 San Pablo avenue. “I was facine Bush street,” said he, “‘and was standing near the center of the building when I heard a cracking sound. Looking up Isaw the wall falling toward me. I sprang for the side door and found myself lying on the sidewaik.. I was struck in half a dozen places, but didn’t mind that, as I could only think of my poor boy, who I knew was in the buifding. “Idon't know what happened, as I was so excited. Ican't tell who was hurt or who escaped. The building "was builf as strong as it could be. I do not know how it happened. I am badly bruised about all partsof the body,but could stand it all right if only my boy was alive. Ido not blame any one, asI do not know how it hap- pened.’! Chief W. H. Fair of the fire department had his first work to perform yesterday, when he was called out after the disaster. The Chief took office only five days aco, and after helping out the living and pull- ing out the dead he remarked, -sadly, “Well, I.didn’t think I'd bave to fight anything but fire; Idon’t like this begin- ning.” ‘ 1t is likely that an investigation will bs set on foot to-day after the inqueston young Hurley’s remains to locate tlre party or parties responsible. The Wil- liamg Brothers, who were having the building erectedy contracted with Herbert E. Jones to do the work for $2500. Jones is not an architect, but he has a friend in San Francisco named Howard Burns who does some drafting. Burns made the plans of the building, and followed out by Jones’ building the structure was unequal to the force of an ordinary northern blast. POLICE OFICERS AT 0UTS Marshal Lloyd and Constable Brotherton of Berkeley Dis- agree Over an Arrest, James Esmond Heard From—Univer. sity Students Accused of Trickery—Notes. BERKELEY, CaL, Feb. 6.—Marshal Lloyd and Constable Brotherton are at outs as the result of an arrest made by the latter last evening. It seems that a well- dressed man giving the name of Albert Williams called at the house of the con- stable and asked for food. Brotherton immediately arrested him and put him in the lockup for the night. Marshal Lloyd, upon hearing of the arrest, went to the prisoner’s cell and found that he was the same man whom he himself had helped last week, and believing him not to be a common vagrant, but a workingman in hard luck, released him, Lloyd gave ‘Williams 50 cents, took him to a lodging- house and instructed him to appear on Shattuck avenue at a certain hour this morning so that he might be seen by Brotherton and Deputy Marshal Kerns. Williiams did as hewas bid,but Brotber- ton did not appear at that hour, and so Williams went his way. At about 4 o’clock this afternoon the constable re- arrested him and took him to the County Jail in Oakland, where he was given three days for vagrancy by Justice Clift. Mar- shal Lloyd, when seen this afternoon, ex- pressed much indignation at the work of Brotberton in- arresting and rearresting Williams. The Marshal says that Wil- liams is not an ordinary tramp, but a re- spectable man “down on his uppers,”” and that the only reason Brotherton arrested him was to secure the constable’s tee. Lloyd says he will change the lock on the door of the cell so that Brotherton can no lonzer use the place for the contine- ment of his arrests. He also says that the lockup is not a suitable place to confine prisoners for tire night, as it has no ac- commodations whatsoever, not even a chair or bench. “If Brotherton,” said he, “‘wanted to keep the man for the night he should have taken him to the County Jail. There is no reason in his actions with re- gard to this particular case.”’ Tricked the Company. BERKELEY, CAL., Feb. 8.—Some of the university students are accused of baving misused some of the priyileges granted them by the North Pacific .Railway Com- pany, and in consequence there is” danger of the company cutting off from the. stu- dents any further courtesies. It seems that the manager of the transportation company offered all college students round-trip tickets between San Francisco and Ukiah at half rdtes.. Many tickets were bought, but not a corresponding num- ber of collegians used them. It was after- ward discovered that some of thie Berkeley men had been transferring their tickets to persons other than those entitled to them. At this the decree was passed that if an- other transfer was detected the privilegeof half-fare would be entirely cut ofi.. Speakers Are Ready. BERKELEY, Car., Feb. 6.—Everything is in readiness for - the intercollegiate Carnot medal debating contest, which will take place to-morrow evening at Stiles Hall, beginning at 8 o’clock. The speak- ers in order of their successive addresses will be H. A. Sheldon, Stanford, leader of the affirmative; C. E. Fryer, University ei California, leader of the negative; F, S, Howard, Stanford, affirmative; E. J. Miller, Stanford, nezative; Theodore de Laguna, Universitv of California, neca- tive; M. C. Flaherty, University of Cali- fornia, affirmative. The sides which the speakers are to take, and the order in which they are to come, were determined to-day by a casting of votes. ; News of James Esmond. BERKELEY, CaL, Feb. 6.—News has reached Berkeley that James Esmond, son of the South Berkeley special police officer, who sailed for Yokohama two years ago, has probatly been deserted with a party of others upon a .small fishing island” in Bering Sea. It appears that while the crew of which young Esmond was a mem- ber were killing seals, the captain became alarmed at the report that authorities were in the vicinity on the lookout for poachers. The captain left the siation at once without taking all of the crew with him. Young Esmond is supposed to be among those left behind. { Crescents Ladies’ Night.’ BERKELEY, Car, Feb. 6.—The -Cres- cent Athletic Club gave a iadies’ night ex- hibition at their rooms this evening. The _programme consisted of voeal and instru- mental music and acrobatics. The enter- tainment was followed by a dancing party, Sanitary Election Carried. BERKELEY, CaL., Feb. 6.—The election for the formation of the Adeline Sanitary district, which tooksglnce yesterday, was carried by a vote of 33to 4. The price of the four-pound loaf in June, 1867, was 10d; in December, 1867, 1034d. SKELETONS I} VENE -Judge Ogden Passes a Day Lis- tening to Tales of Dead Men’s Bones. FOR THE WILMERDING SCHOOL. A Burglar Is Caught, Feigns Drunken- - mess, Slips His Coat and Flees. OARTAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,} = 3 908 Broadway, Feb. 6. There wasa skeleton in Judge Ogden’s court to-day, and it was literally “in evi- dence.” It forms the most prominent ex- hibitin the suitof Colonel A. Wettstein against the Southern Pacific Company for $25,000 damages for injuries t6 hisspine and other parts of hisanatomy. = The skel- eton was handed in by the defense, but Dr. Woolsey, who is helping fight the rail- road, brought into court a few independ- ent vertebra of his own. Upon these At- torney Smith questioned Dr. Shiel, In reply to one of the questions put to him Dr. Shiel said, “I could not make a satisfactory examination vf the plaintiff at this time because I believe that he has been anto-hypnotized by the numerous sugges- tions made to him.” When some more anatomical conum- drums were propounded to him Dr. Sheil replied: “It is fifteen vears since [ studied up on these details, but I will take my chance on answering the questions. “What have you been doing all these years?” asked the attorneys. “I have been practicing.” “Bxperting?”’ said Attorney Smith, but Dr. Shiel was mute. i Then counsel held up a detached verte- bree and asked ihe witness what it was. Dr. Shiel, who is a demonstrator of anat- omy, almost paralyzed the shorthand re- porter, who called a halt, | Then Attorney Smith objected to having the witness so near the skeleton while he Was answering. 2 “Well, we will cover it up,” said Attor- ney Moore. *Wait until I get the feet wrapped up.” Then followed a lecture on the spinal cord, and all kinds of authorities were quoted, and when court adjourned there was no indication that the war between the doctors is nearing the end. The Autopsy Not a Dissection. OAKLAND, Car., Feb. 6.—J. H. Shep- ard, the pension attorney living in this city, who has many clients it the Soldiers’ Home at Yountyille, says that the story of old soldiers’ bodies being used by medical students has arisen from a misapprehen- sion of the medical report of the home. “‘Such a story,” said Mr. Shepard, ‘‘must have grown out of the sentence referred to in the report of the medical director. Somebody has confounded an autopsy with the dissection of a body. Itisthe custom in all- soldiers’ homes to hold au- topsies in all cases where the cause of death is not very clear. At the Naiional Soldiers’ Home at Washington there used 1o be as many as 100 autopsies in a month. But bodies are never given to medical students to dissect, and a report to the contrary is preposterous. The re§ulntious require that every one of these old soldiers when he dies shall be buried with the honors of war, and how could that be done if the bodies were not there? No, there is nothing in the story. If the soldiers in the home believed any such thing I should ‘hear of it from them immediately.” Y. M. I Subscribes. OAKLAND, CAL., Feb. 6.—At a meeting of the Young Men’s Institute, held last night, it was voted to subseribe $250 to the fund for the Wiimerding Trade School. | Grand President Lynch was present and brought the matter up, and urged the ad- visapility of assisting in bringing the school to Qakland or vicinity. Joseph F. Kennedy was 1n favor of the project also as being one that was of most importance to tie people of Oakland, and especially the young men, and, as the Y. M, I. was composed principally of young men, it would be proper to give all the aid possible to the project of locating itin or around Oakland. Against the Louvre. OAKLAND, CaL., Feb. .6.—~The License Committee held a long session to-night to consider the complaints made against the Louvre, the restaurant under the Mac- donough Theater. . The Louvre has ob- tained a second-rate character, an | on account of it the fine. building 1s almost deserted. Some very racy testimony was given to-night, and at several points some well-known people were with difficuity revented from being brought into ‘it. he matter was continued. Left His Coat. OAKLAND, Can., Feb. 6.—Charles D. Havens’ house, at Eighth and -Chestnut streets, was entered last night by a bur- glar.. Rewas seen in a room by the domes- tie, and she promptly locked him in. Havens_and his-two sons came to the res- cue, and she thief pretended to be intoxi- cated. He impressed them of the sincerity of his jsg, and while one gon was tele- phoning for the police the thief gnickly slipped his coat off aud ran away. The Haveng have the coat as a memento of the affair. Davies’ Water Front Leage. OAKLAND, CAr., Feb. 6.—Mayor Davie has reconveyed his interest in the leaseof the First and Webster street property to Joseph Lancaster. The original lease was made to Lancaster by J. P. Dameron, W. C. Doane, Mrs. E. May. In 1893 Davie conveyed his interest to Lancaster, but the lease was not recorded till to-day at the Mayor's request. s Their Second Concert.’ OAKLAND, Can, Feb. 6.—The First Congregational orchestra will give their second concert of the season to-night at .the First Congregational Church, corner of Twelfth and Clay streets, - HISTORY OF A DAY. Alameda County Happenings Told in Brief Chapters. OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO Cu.v..‘ - 908 Bropdway, Feb. 6. Captain Moody has so far recovgred from his Trecent accident as to be able to be removed to his father’s residence to-day. Charles Kantze, a well-borer, had two fingers of nisleft hand smashed between timbers this morning. He went to the Receiving Hospital for trestment. % Property-owners of Adeline sanitary aistrict voted yesterday in favor of bonding for the construction of & sewer system. The vote was 83 1n favor and 5 sgainst. The Grand Jury was in session to-day pre- paring its final report. The members visited the jail and expressed themselves as well Ppleased with the condition ef things. F. Percy Pease, an old resident of San Lean- dro, hus been cotmitted to the Agnews Insane Asylum by Judge Ellsworth. Pease has become demented through spiritualistic investigations. He is at times dangerous to be at Iarge. A family allowance of $600 & month is asked {or the maintenance of Mrs. Kate E. Kirkham on petition of her daughter, Mrs. Kate Kirk- ham Whesler, who is her mother’s guardian. The estate has an income of $1750 & month. There will be & meeting of the Alameda County Sportsmen st Judge Clift’s courtroom, at Broadway and Eighth streets, to-morrow evening, to discuss the advisability of bolding 8 dog show 1n Oskland., All are cordially in- vited to attend. Henry Wilkinson, charged with breaking into the house of J. C. Butlar on December 15, 1895, is on trial to-day. When the defendant ‘was asked to stand up for identification he re- fused to do 50, and'the Deputy Sheriff was di- fendant’s counsel took exception to this pro- cecding. e b MR PETTES RUN OVER, A San Francisco Broker’s Nar- row Escape From Death in Alameda. Mrs. Carpentet’s Claim Against the ' Woman’s Exchange Causing Trouble. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 6.—W. E. Pet- tes, a broker residing on Lafayette street and having an office in the Phelan build- ing, San Francisco, was riding a bicycle on Park street this afternoon, when his wheel was caught 1n the cartrack. "He was thrown from the machine and sus- tained a scalp wound. As he lay pros- trate on the ground a brewery wagon ran over him. He wili be confined to.his home for several days. To-day was the anniversary of Mr. Pettes’ birtnday, and a dinner party awaited him at home. A Woman’s Exchange Trouble. ALAMEDA, CArL., Feb. 6.—The mem- bersof the Alameda Woman’s Exchange and Relief Somefi' will give their annual ball in Armory Hall next Tuesday even- ing, but this matter is not, uppermost in their minds. Mrs. Carpenter, who was the superintendent of the exchange for a year or more, has a claim against the so- clety for $119 for back salary. The claim is outlawed, but many of the members look upon the obligation as a moral one and want to discharge it. Mrs. Carpenter, wfio is a widow with a little son and of frail build, is the adopted daughter of the late Admiral Porter. She considers, therefore, that she has & claim upon the Grand Army of the Republic, and when she realized that she was unable to obtain any satisfaction from the Wo- man’s Exchange she laid her grievance before General Hooker Post. : The post at once sympathized with the lady and appointed a committee consist- king of Colonel George C. Babcock, C. L. Metzger and E. B. Dunning to look into the case. As a result a call was issued to the leading ladies of Alameda to meet the committee in G. A. R. Hall this afternoon. A lively meeting resuited, and it seemed to be the opinion of a majority of those present ‘that Mrs. Carpenter should be paid. ' No conclusion was reached, how- ever, and another meeting will be held next Thursday afternoon. It was during Mrs. Carpenter’s superin- tendency of the exchange that an event took place which almost caused the so- ciety to disband. Mrs. Carpenter’s admin- istration did not give satisfaction to all the miembers. She had her admirers, however, and there were soon two factions in the so- ciety. Mrs. George L. Birkmaier was then president of the exchange, and she sided with Mrs. Carpenter. The society was not then incorporatea and a dispute arose over the ownership of the building, which was presented to the society by Captain R. R. Thompson. The dispute found 1ts way into courts and the case was settled in favor of the opponents of Mrs, Carpenter. It is for the salary alleged to be due her previous to this row that she wishes to re- cover from the society. The Alameda Point Fire. ALAMEDA, Car., Feb. 6.—The fire at the Pacific Coast Oil Works vesterday was caused by the vapor arising from the safety- valye on top of the acid agitator becoming ignited and setting fire to the woodwork, St. Joseph’s Church Musicales. ALAMEDA, CarL., Feb. 6.—A musicale in aid ofSt.-Jose‘I: b’s Church was given last .night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs, Car- peatier on Paru street and Sah Jose avenue. It was one of the events of the vearand was attended by a fashionable crowd of society patrons. The rooms of the Carpentier res- luence were tastefully decorated and everything was nicely arranged. A lengthy programme of musical and recitative selec- tions was carried out, most of the talent being from San Francisco. A REPTILE FROM THE SEA The Queer-Looking Creature Was Captured in Monterey Bay. It Is Nearly Five Feet Long—The First of Its Kind Ever Seen Here. Al the fishermen who happened to be at the water front, and all the marketmen along’ Washingfon street, 100ked critically at the new specimen exhibited by Paladini, and then they all declared in Itaiian that they had never seen anything just like it before. This wonder of the day was a reptile of some sort, and nobody knows exactly of which sort. Itis much like an alligator, but a man who used to go fishing away down in Florida says it is not an alligator. The Lizard-Like Reptile, Nearly 5 Feet Long, That Was Caught in Monterey Bay. * [Sketched by @ “Call” artist.] 3 rected to stand him up, which he did. De- | Very mucb like a lizard, too, it is, bt :the fishermen " say that nobody eyer saw a lizard so big as that. The verdict of the fishermen, as well as a verdict could he obtained, was that the reptile is part alligator, part lizard and the remainder crocodile. It is a mugwump, probably, if there is any such thing as a mugwamp where the crocodiles, alligators and lizards live. Whatever the strange creature may be, it was caught by Captain Camiloat. Monte- rey Bay on Wednesday. Captain Camilo is the fisherman at Monterey for Mr. Pala- dini, and while hauling in_bis nets late Wednesday afiernoen he discovered the reptile in the meshes, He had never seen that variety of ocean product before, and be and the other men of the sea -in the Monterey region were urable to classify it. Captain Camilo carefully fitted out the reptile for a voyage to this City, and now there is a new curiosity for the-local fish- ermen to taik about. The alligator, or lizard, or crocodile, or all of them in one, is about four feet and seven inches in length, and.is otherwise of about the ordinary lizard or crocodile pro- oortions, Itis probably a huge sea lizard pf some kind. MYSTIC SHAINERS BOVE A Large Delegation Started From Here Yesterday for Los - Angeles, ‘The -Imperial Potentate Will Install the New Arizona Shriners on Sunday. A modern caravan, composed of the imperial potentate and about a hundred nobles of the Mystic Shrine, accompanied by their wives, left the City on the”3:30 train yesterday afternoon -for a journey to Los Angeles, where Al Malaikah Temple of that place will receive an official visit to-night and to-morrow from the great head of the order of high-degree Masons. The large delegation from Islam Temple of this City started out for its visit with the warning, ‘“Expect nothing; be pre- pared for anything,” and so thenature of Imperial Potentate Charles L. Field, Head of the Order of Mystic Shriners in ths United States, Who, With a Big Delega- tion, Has Gome to Phoenix to Instal? the First Temple in Arizona. the enteriainment in Los Angeles is at much a mystery to the visiting Shriners as the thirty-second degree is to the mem- bers of the gentle sex that form part of the jolly company which fills three special cars. The travelers left here as though they bad taken precaution against having nothing to expect from their commissary department at least, for they seemed to bave laid in an abundance of everything that was most palatable. On Sunday the imperial potentate, with the officers of Islam Temple and of Al Malaikah Temple, will leave Los Angeles for Pheenix, Ariz., where the imperial po- tentate will institute what will be the sev- enty-third temple of the order in the United States. Inaddition to the officers from the two shrings of California, many of the mem- bersof Ballut Abyad Temple of Albu- querque, N. M., wili be present, to honor tie installation of the first order of shriners in Arzona. Among those in the party that went from here are: Imperi; 'otentate Charles L. Field, Mrs. Field, Miss Field, Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Benedict, Mr. Benedict, Mrs. L. A. Judson, Miss_Judson, Mr. and Mrs, J. Z. Davis, Miss Muir, Mr. and Mrs. Olar- ence M. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bacon, James G. Walker, John H. Gray, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hughes, Major and Mrs. Wil- liam Cluff, General and Mrs. E. Graham, James McCormick, the Misses McCormick, Mr. and Mrs, 8. L. Lent, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford, General and Mrs, J. 8. Wail, Mr. and Mrs, John Harpst, J. W.F. Sket- terle, W. C. Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. V, D. Duboce, Mr. and_Mrs. W. G. Brown, Miss Brown, Mr. and Mrs, J. G. Edmondson. — Mrs. McKinley, whose husband has just retired from the governorship of Qhio, re- calls the fact that auring the term of Pres- ident Hayes she and her husband occupied the White House for ten days by invita- tion to ‘‘keep house” there while the Pres- ident and his family were absent. She says she had all of the White House she ever cawed for, having had “all its pleas- ures with noiie of its woes.” - . NEW TO-DAY. A TRUE STORY. THE NADDEST WOMAN You ever heard of was one who got hurt on.2 railroad. She lived on Hyde street. There was a certainty for her of pain, & good rest and BIG DAMAGES. A friend gave her something o it, which he assured her was good' 80 she used it, and then commenceds making a list of all the things she would buy with the damages. That Was some comfort. Next day railroad people ealled and-found her so nearly well they could not give her a cent. Scene closed with & profusion of Feminine Swear Wprds. ‘There’s a sharp point in these for RAILROAD MANAGERS, BICYCLERS and EVERYBODY. Her level-headed friend had given hera bottle of Mitchell's Magic Lotion, Which is so harmless and pleasant 10 use, an1 never falls to do good It You Ache or Get Hurt. Sold by druggists at 25¢, 50c and $1.00.